Literary Criticism
Explore a diverse collection of literary criticism books, including essential theories and analyses.
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Music in Tolkien's Work and Beyond"I love music" (J.R.R. Tolkien)Music plays a crucial role in Tolkien's mythology, and his tales contain many songs as well as mentions of musicians and instruments.The present book edited by Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind is the successor to the well-received 2010 volume Music...
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Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the WorldOn the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth's birth comes an "appealing new biography . . . that] illuminates Wordsworth's poetic originality." (Brad Leithauser, Wall Street Journal) "The finest modern introduction to Wordsworth's] work, life and impact. It shows how and why 'Wordsworth made a difference.'"--Boyd...
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Unscripted America: Indigenous Languages and the Origins of a Literary NationIn 1664, French Jesuit Louis Nicolas arrived in Quebec. Upon first hearing Ojibwe, Nicolas observed that he had encountered the most barbaric language in the world--but after listening to and studying approximately fifteen Algonquian languages over a ten-year period, he wrote that he had...
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Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist FormA Literary Hub Favorite Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the Year A provocative theory of the gimmick as an aesthetic category steeped in the anxieties of capitalism. Repulsive and yet strangely attractive, the gimmick is a form that can be found...
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William Wordsworth: A LifeIn this second edition of William Wordsworth: A Life, Stephen Gill draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond. Refusing to treat the poet's later years as of little interest, this biography presents a...
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The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyA revelatory and deeply personal history of twentieth-century poetry by prize-winning poet and memoirist John Burnside Poetry helps us to make sense of our world, transforming what the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam called the "noise of time" into a kind of music. The Music...
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The Restoration of Man: C.S. Lewis and the Continuing Case Against ScientismC. S. Lewis is best known for his Narnia tales and Christian apologetics, works that have sold more than 100 million copies. But Lewis was also a trained philosopher and a professor at Cambridge and Oxford. An intellectual giant, he fiercely and extensively critiqued...
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Visions in a Seer Stone: Joseph Smith and the Making of the Book of MormonIn this interdisciplinary work, William L. Davis examines Joseph Smith's 1829 creation of the Book of Mormon, the foundational text of the Latter Day Saint movement. Positioning the text in the history of early American oratorical techniques, sermon culture, educational practices, and the passion...
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A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the EastIn this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and...
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The Suspended Passion: InterviewsA controversial figure of the postwar French literary and cultural scene, Marguerite Duras has exerted a powerful hold on readers around the world. This volume of interviews--hailed on its French publication as Duras's "secret confession"--offers readers a rich vein of new insight into her...
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Environment and Narrative: New Directions in EconarratologyNever before has a collection of original essays strived to create such constructive, shared discourse between ecocritical, narrative scholars and environmental humanities scholars interested in narrative. Erin James and Eric Morel's volume Environment and Narrative: New Directions in Econarratology explores the complexity of pairing...
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Etienne de Fougeres, Le Livre Des ManieresEnglish summary: Written by Etienne de Fougeres when he was the bishop of Rennes (1168-1178), this moralistic work provides a glimpse on the mentality and the behavior of society during the 12th century. This new edition and translation is made more accessible by 174...
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Poétiques de la Violence Et Récits Francophones ContemporainsDans Poétiques de la violence et récits francophones contemporains, Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François examine les moyens par lesquels les littératures francophones émergentes nous amènent à penser autrement les violences du monde contemporain.In Poétiques de la violence et récits francophones contemporains, Emmanuel Bruno Jean-François examines the...
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A Companion to Vittoria ColonnaA Companion to Vittoria Colonna offers a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary vision of this important writer of the Italian renaissance, whose influence extended far beyond her own century. Author: Brundin, Crivelli, SapegnoPublisher: BrillPublished: 09/15/2016Pages: 584Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.40dISBN: 9789004310735About the AuthorAbigail...
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The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla Wa-Layla) (2 Vols.): Eb the Classic Edition by Muhsin S. Mahdi (1984-1994) with a New Introduction by AboubakrThis is a paperback reprint in two volumes of the late Muhsin Mahdi's classic edition of the oldest preserved manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights kept in the BNF, Paris. It includes the original survey (in Arabic) of both the print and manuscript...
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El Avesta: Zoroastrismo y MazdeismoTextos relativos al Zoroastrismo de la antigua Persia, primera de las grandes religiones. Traducidos por primera vez al espa ol, prologado y anotado por Juan Bautista Bergua. El Avesta es una colecci n de textos sagrados de la antigua Persia, actualmente Ir n, pertenecientes...
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MumbaistanThree fast-paced crime thrillers set in the streets of Mumbai. Mumbai, a city of dreams for many. But for others, a nightmare. Behind the faade of lustre and glamour churns a seething underbelly of squalor, corruption and crime. Mumbaistans three explosive crime novellas unravel...
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Little Big Books: Illustrations for Children's Picture BooksChildren see the world with different eyes. Through illustrated stories in children's books they learn about the world in which they live. The best picture books for children not only feature wonderful stories, but also tell them in a visually appealing way. Children are...
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ErzahlenDas Erzahlen gehort zweifellos zu den grundlegenden sprachlichen Handlungen des Menschen. Zu allen Zeiten wurde erzahlt und in allen Kulturen wird erzahlt. Dieser Kegli-Band widmet sich insbesondere dem alltaglichen mundlichen Erzahlen. Wir gehen den Fragen nach, was dieses Erzahlen eigentlich ausmacht und welche Charakteristiken...
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John Lydgate's 'lives of SS Edmund & Fremund' and the 'extra Miracles of St Edmund': Edited from British Library MS Harley 2278 and Bodleian Library MJohn Lydgate wrote the 'Lives of Ss Edmund & Fremund' at the request of his abbot, William Curteys, to commemorate the stay of the young King Henry VI at the Benedictine abbey of Bury St Edmunds from Christmas Eve 1433 to shortly after Easter...
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